[1]The communication, comprising the initial letter dated 8 August 1977
and subsequent letters dated 21 March and 25 December 1978, is submitted by
D. B., a Canadian citizen who appears also to hold British and French
nationality. From the material submitted by the author, it appears that he
had, prior to the entry into force of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights for Canada, accumulated a number of tines, imposed for
breaches of parking regulations, which he refused to pay. As a consequence,
it appears, the author was repeatedly arrested, from 1975 to 1977, under
warrants of arrest issued by the Municipal Court of Montreal, which meted
out several sentences of payment of fines or imprisonment in lieu of payment
of fines or for contempt of court. It further appears from the material
submitted by the author that he has also been sentenced to imprisonment for
refusal to pay alimony to his ex-wife.

[2]The author claims that the Municipal Court of Montreal did not have
competence to act in his case, that then entire judicial system of Canada is
corrupt and that the judges, the members of the legal profession and the
municipal authorities of Montreal have consistently flouted his rights under
the law, in violation of several articles of the Covenant.

[3]Before considering a communication on the merits, the Committee must
ascertain whether it fulfils the basic conditions relating to its
admissibility under the Optional Protocol. In this connection, the Committee
has endeavoured to elicit from the author clarifications regarding questions
of admissibility of the communication and the facts complained of.

[4]A thorough examination by the Committee of all the material submitted
by the author, including his last submission, dated 25 December 1978, in
response to the Committee's request for clarifications, has not revealed any
precise allegations of fact in substantiation of the claim that he is a
victim of violations by the State party of any of the rights set forth in
the Covenant.